Package holder



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PACKAGE HOLDER.

APPLICATION. FILED DEC. I2, i919.

1,41 1,004. Patented Mar. 28, 1922i 5 ,5 Ill ,l

s'rArs TEN @FFCB GRANT E'. DISCHER, DE 'MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN, ASSIGNQR T0 LOUIS .SCHLESNGER AND HENRY HELLW'EG, BOTH 0F -MILWA`UKEE, WYSCONSIN.

LPACKAGE HOLDER.

. Specification of Letters Patent.` Ptn fed Ewan 28 y 1922.

Application led December 12,1919. Serial No. 344,409.

To a-ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GRANT F. Discrinr., a citizen of the United States, residing 'at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of lVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Package Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part thereof.

T his invention relates to package holders and the object of the invention is to improve Vpackage holders in the manner to be hereinafter described and claimed.A

Referring to the drawings, which accompany this specification and form a part hereof, which drawings illustrate an embodiment of this invention and on which drawings the same reference characters are used to designate the same parts wherever` they may appear in each of the several views, Fig; 1 is an elevation ofthe package holder semired to a support, parts being shown in section; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the package holder and part of the support shown by Fig.` 1,v Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the package holder and support, the section being taken on the line 3-3 on Fig. 1looking in the direction indicated by the arrows; and Fig. L1 is a longitudinal section of part of the package holder and support, the section being taken on the line 4--4 on `iiig. 3 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Referring to the dra-wings, the reference numeral 1 designates a support of any suitable character and which is conventionally illustrated as the running board of an automobile. A package support member 2 can be engaged with a clamp member 3 in different positions of extension, or retraction, with respect to the support 1.

The package supporting member 2 is provided with apertures sepa-rated by cross- Vbars i and a strap, or any other suitable fastening means, not shown, can be fastened to the package supporting member 2 by being engaged with one or more of the crossbars 4 in a manner which will be readily understood. The package supporting member 2 is also provided 4with alternating depressions 5 and elevations 6 which are adapted to register with and co-act with elevations 7 and depressions 8 on the clamp 3. The clamp 3 overrides the package supporting member 2 and is provided with any suitable securing means as, for example, the screw 9 and thel locknut 10.

1n the specific construction illustra-ted by the drawings, the package supporting member 2 is shown as provi-ded with a flush upper surface from which depend the sides 11 and 12 and the flanges 13 and 14 are shown as extending outwardly from the bottoms of the sides 11 and 12. The depressions 5 and elevations 6 are shown as formed on the tops of the flrnges 18 and 14 and the clamp 3 is shown as provided with flanges 15 an-d 16 which overlie, respectively, the flanges 13 'and 14 and are provided on their undersides with the elevationsA and depressions 8. The top of the clamp 3 does not project above the top of the vpackage supporting member 2 whereby a package such as a. trunk or box, for example, can rest securely upon the fiat upper surface of the package supporting member 2.

The clamp 3 is provided with a sufficient clearance 17, so that the depressions 5 and elevations can be disengaged from the coacting elevations 7 and depressions 8 on the clamp 3 to change the position of the package supporting member 2 with respect to the clamp 3 and the support 1.

The operation of the device is as follows z' The package supporting member 2 is adjusted with respect to the clamp 3 to the desired position and the screw 9 is tightened and then the lock-nut 10 is tightened. Depressione 5 and elevations 6 on the package supporting4 member 2 match with and engage with elevations 7 and depressions 8 on the clamp 3, so that the package supporting member 2 is firmly held in its correct longitudinal position. The flanges 15 and 16 on the clampv` 3 extend a sufficient distance longitudinally of the package supporting member 2 to insure against a twisting or rotational movement of the package supporting member 2.

l/Vhat is claimed is:

1. In a package holder, the combination with a package supporting member having an unobstructed upper surface which is provided with apertures, the package supporting member having Adepending sides with flanges at the bottoms of the sides, of a clamp provided 'with `iianges which are adapted Ito overlie the flanges on the package supporting member7 and means for securing the provided with flanges which are adapted to overlie the fianges ou the package supporting member7 the anges on the clamp and ou the package supporting member beingprovided with lelevations and depressions adapted to eozict to prevent relative dispiacementoi the package supportingmember with respect tothe c1amp,` aridl means for securing the clamp to a support with the package supporting member held between the clamp and a support with the elevations on the flanges received Within depressions on the other franges.

In Witness whereof I hereto ax my signature.

' GRANT F. DISCHER. 

